NOS extreme bend hook ...did I pay to much ???

[52napco]

Ill post pics when it arrives later this week . I wonder if the over the counter replacements had
the number and the originals that actually came on the trucks didn't. Who knows ???

[mike16]

somebody above mentioned castings/forgings. These hooks were forged and not cast,,,,,right? I know somebody out there is pushing cast hooks. and there might be some confusion.... the factory ones were forged and never cast. castings would be a bit dangerous. Kinda scary and it will ruin the market to flood it with cast look alike hooks.

lets respect this hobby and not ruin the market. I for one will not buy hooks at any price while the market is being flooded with cast hooks. unsafe at any price.

I would be suspended from this forum if I stated what I thought of the person pushing castings.

as for the price, its worth what your willing to pay, I always lie and state a higher price than I paid. It puts the cheapskates on notice to rethink why they are in this hobby(and not bussiness).

I would have been willing to pay those amounts untill that certain somebody started pushing castings. It ruined the market and reflects very badly upon them.

[too much stuff]

The 2 extreme bends have the same symbol, but only one has a clear number. The other one you can see where the casting is bumped up where the number would be. The last one is a 69-72 hook with the same number.

The last 2 pics are the different 73-87 (91) hooks I am aware of.

[CUSTOM/10]

Originally Posted by mike16

somebody above mentioned castings/forgings. These hooks were forged and not cast,,,,,right? I know somebody out there is pushing cast hooks. and there might be some confusion.... the factory ones were forged and never cast. castings would be a bit dangerous. Kinda scary and it will ruin the market to flood it with cast look alike hooks.

lets respect this hobby and not ruin the market. I for one will not buy hooks at any price while the market is being flooded with cast hooks. unsafe at any price.

I would be suspended from this forum if I stated what I thought of the person pushing castings.

as for the price, its worth what your willing to pay, I always lie and state a higher price than I paid. It puts the cheapskates on notice to rethink why they are in this hobby(and not bussiness).

I would have been willing to pay those amounts untill that certain somebody started pushing castings. It ruined the market and reflects very badly upon them.

There has been a couple of threads from guys wanting to reproduce these hooks, and yes castings have been talked about but I don't believe anyone has actually produced any at this point.

After doing a little research on different types of forging I believe the original hooks were drop forged. Meaning there is a mold but it's a single piece of steel heated and pounded into the mold by a VERY heavy machine/press.
I have no actual knowledge of this, this is just my belief !

Gary

[El Dorado Jim]

Originally Posted by CUSTOM/10

There has been a couple of threads from guys wanting to reproduce these hooks, and yes castings have been talked about but I don't believe anyone has actually produced any at this point.

After doing a little research on different types of forging I believe the original hooks were drop forged. Meaning there is a mold but it's a single piece of steel heated and pounded into the mold by a VERY heavy machine/press.
I have no actual knowledge of this, this is just my belief !

Gary

You are correct on drop forged, and the guy that was going to do the cast ones, has changed his mind and is trying to get some drop forged

[El Dorado Jim]

Originally Posted by too much stuff

The 2 extreme bends have the same symbol, but only one has a clear number. The other one you can see where the casting is bumped up where the number would be. The last one is a 69-72 hook with the same number.

The last 2 pics are the different 73-87 (91) hooks I am aware of.

thanks for all the pics, I have a few sets of the flat straight hooks (one on the left) and a few sets of the 81-87 hooks,I was thinking that the 81-87 hooks would look good,what do you all think, they are bent,so that you have a right and a left hook, kind of like the 67-72 hooks

[52napco]

The extreme bend hook number ends with -34 ...the other ends with just -4 ????
The one I bought ends with -34 also. It's at the post office now so we'll know in a bit.
The USPS won't leave any packages here because of my German shepherds lol.

[52napco]

The eagle has landed !!!!!

[undertaker72]

Originally Posted by 52napco

The eagle has landed !!!!!

And Bingo was his name-o haha I'm glad you got it brother

[El Dorado Jim]

you did Great on your purchase!!!!